Anthony Doerr Quotes

My mom was a high school science teacher for decades. She just never made it feel like we had to choose between the arts and the sciences. We had bookshelves full of novels, and she also had Rachel Carson and Aldo Leopold and Carl Sagan.

Anthony Doerr

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ScienceTeacherSchoolMomChoose

But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo.

Steven Pinker

ReflectGenesEvenMostTabooCases

When you haven't got a job, a joke is about the only thing that's free.

Simon Beaufoy

JobFreeYouJokeGotOnly

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

Rod Stewart

SucceedYouDesireBurning Desire

Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

FactsFeelingPicturesMoreSeem

Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next.

Mary Doria Russell

ColorGenerationEventsTwoWhatever

The Israeli people are skeptical about the chances of a long-term peace, but if they saw it, they'd grab it. Any Israeli government that wants to be reelected should be interested in a lasting peace.

Jonathan Powell

PeaceGovernmentPeopleChancesSaw

I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.

Chris Cornell

LongCareerGoWantWayGo Away

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

Cleopatra

LiveFoolYouNowSeeWithout

Writing is what we do. What else could I want in a life partner than someone who knows and shares what I do?

Clark Blaise

LifeWritingPartnerSomeoneWant

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

Bono

MusicEndWhyIn The EndFolk Music

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

Bobby Darin

SingerWhoLikeMovesDancer

The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words on the page being sent back and forth from engaged editor to open author - is unique in my experience.

Alice Sebold

RelationshipExperienceWordsSomeone

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